It shall be unlawful for any bank, building and loan association, insurance company
or other corporation, association, firm or enterprise whose business consists in whole
or in part in the making of commercial real estate loans, to deny a loan or other
financial assistance because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, handicap or familial status to a person
applying therefor for the purpose of purchasing, construction, improving, repairing
or maintaining a dwelling, or to discriminate against him in fixing of the amount,
interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial
assistance, because of the race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, handicap or familial status of such person or
of any person associated with him in connection with such loan or other financial
assistance, or of the present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants or occupants,
of the dwellings in relation to which such loan or other financial assistance is to
be made or given.
